Dispatches from UKREiiF: Mellis Haward
Isabel Allen2025-05-20T17:18:52+01:00AT chats to Mellis Haward from Archio about finding the formula for healthy competition, housing nerdery and organised fun – and the secret of a good pub quiz.
Dispatches from UKREiiF: JJ Lorraine
Isabel Allen2025-05-20T17:18:52+01:00AT chats to JJ Lorraine from Morrow + Lorraine about persuading the GLA and local authorities to divert S106 budgets towards trainees, the joys of 'plug-and-play' and 'desk-to-bed' and submitting ideas to paper in the middle of the night.
Can you grow an underwater auditorium? Michael Pawlyn is giving it a go
Nelly Greig2025-05-19T15:21:28+01:00Director of Exploration Architecture Michael Pawlyn talks to AT about the vision behind 'Biorock Pavilion' — developed with Adam Holloway Architects, Arup and Charcoal Blue and exhibited at this year's Venice Biennale.
Dispatches from FOOTPRINT+: Michelle Sanchez
Jason Sayer2025-05-21T08:26:02+01:00Michelle Sanchez, Sustainability Lead at RSHP, shares insights from this year’s FOOTPRINT+ conference, reflecting on circularity, climate resilience, and RSHP’s efforts to integrate reuse and regenerative practice into mainstream design.
Dispatches from FOOTPRINT+: David Partridge
Jason Sayer2025-05-14T16:32:30+01:00David Partridge, Chair of the Governance Board for the UK Net Zero Carbon Buildings Standard, shares insights from Footprint+ on embedding the standard into everyday practice and the growing seriousness with which the industry is tackling carbon and circularity.
Dispatches from FOOTPRINT+: Tim Pyne
Jason Sayer2025-05-14T16:04:50+01:00Tim Pyne, co-founder of FOOTPRINT+, reflects on how circular construction has moved from theory to practice — and why the event’s move to London is paying off.
Dispatches from Venice: Latvian pavilion
Jason Sayer2025-05-13T20:32:59+01:00AT talks to... Liene Jākobsone and Ilka Ruby, co-curators of the Latvian pavilion in Venice titled 'Landscape of Defence', which sheds light on what life is like living on the edge of a NATO military border.
Dispatches from Venice: Irish pavilion
Jason Sayer2025-05-13T17:26:45+01:00AT talks to... curator and art historian Luke Naessens and architect Louise Cotter, co-curators of the Irish pavilion, 'Assembly', in Venice, a timber structure that serves as a space for conversation, rest and "non-hierarchical gathering."
Dispatches from Venice: Dutch pavilion
Jason Sayer2025-05-13T15:37:47+01:00AT talks to... curator Amanda Pinatih and exhibitor Gabriel Fontana of the Dutch Pavilion at the Venice Biennale about how their pavilion 'SIDELINED' uses sport to rethink how we can coexist.
Dispatches from Venice: German Pavilion
Nelly Greig2025-05-13T10:55:14+01:00AT talks to... Elisabeth Endres, director of the Institute for Building Climatology and Energy of Architecture (IBEA) at the Technical University of Braunschweig and co-curator of the German pavilion 'STRESSTEST' at this year's Venice Biennale.
Dispatches from Venice: Nordic Pavilion
Nelly Greig2025-06-04T10:03:01+01:00AT talks to... Kaisa Karvinen and Teo Ala-Ruona; the curator and exhibitor behind “Industry Muscle: Five Scores for Architecture”, the Nordic Pavilion at the Venice Architecture Biennale 2025.
Dispatches from Venice: Finnish Pavilion
Nelly Greig2025-06-04T10:03:01+01:00AT talks to... the curators of the Finnish Pavilion, Ella Kaira and Matti Jänkälä, at the Venice Architecture Biennale 2025.